Is there any such thing as exculpatory evidence in the case of a rape allegation? Can we ever fairly cast doubt on a rape allegation?

Gatsby parties are fun tho

China is not going to allow self-determination for Hong Kong, and if the American government was in a similar geographical-political scenario, we wouldn’t either. Not saying that’s good; but I am saying that there’s essentially no country in the world that would willing allow a region of such immense national security…

But the whole mythology of Nate Silver and 538 is precisely that presidential elections are not dice rolls, that smarties with enough evidence can predict them far past chance.

... you get that he’s not critiquing Watson right? He’s going after the rest of his team for letting him down.

Is it not relevant that a) the Japanese are themselves the most enthusiastic cultural borrowers and remixers in the world and b) the Japanese garment industry has made a special effort to sell kimonos to the American market?

Nobody’s a Polanski supporter. Some people understand that shitty people can make great art - indeed, that most of the great art in human history has been made by shitty people.

It’s very appropriate for a self-cannibalizing culture, one that can’t create anything new.

well what was the title?!?

It still says that Salty is a real-life waitress even though the staff are down here admitting they take turns writing it.

Exactly. Not even “the jokes weren’t funny” but “there appears to be a hole here where a joke should be.”

where’s my eye rolling emoji

Of course the Iron Front flag is political. Everything is political. MLS is dumb and its actions here are dumb but it’s absurd to say that the flag of an explicitly political organization isn’t political.

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Is there nothing wrong with what we refer to as “cancel culture”? Nothing at all? Is there really nothing to critique in the constant online pile-ons that seem to be people’s only form of political engagement?

Terrible ending tho

Do people who are accused of serious allegations deserve to be heard and a modicum of basic fairness?

None of this contradicts the basic point: every man accused of sexual misconduct is automatically considered guilty and those who ask for basic fairness are subject to relentless and vitriolic abuse. Those are facts.

They’re remastering a game that came out in August 2018?

Hey I’ll just check out this cool website OH GOD WHY